Grandma Sally Delong'S Sweet Potato Custard - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 medium sweet potatoes
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 whole eggs
dash of cinnamon
dash of ginger
dash of nutmeg
1 Tbsp. vanilla flavoring
dash of salt
hot water (for consistency)

Preparation

Cook 8 medium sweet potatoes in 2 cups water.
Pour off water. Let cool
and peel.
Add to potatoes 1 1/2 cups sugar, 3 whole eggs
and
dash
of salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Stir thoroughly.
Add vanilla flavoring.
Add enough hot water until consistency
is
smooth.
Pour
into 2 (9-inch) uncooked pie shells;
bake
at 350\u00b0 until golden brown.
Recipe is over 100 years old.